That's the latest rumor. We are researching this right now. Let us know what you think? Good for Altera? Or good for Xilinx?
INTC Swallowing ALTR?
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Daniel Payne
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Intel has a maxim of, "Don't compete with your customers". So Altera has been a customer of FinFET silicon in a much-anticipated FPGA race against XILINX for the next generation, so now Intel would own Altera and start competing directly with Xilinx.
Makes good sense to me because FPGA devices are a great technology development driver, and you can fill up a lot of fabs with a variety of FPGA sizes, plus you can charge a premium on the highest performance parts, in all, good alignment with Intel beliefs.
The only question is how will Altera be run? It would be smart to leave the name and management in place, instead of clearing the decks and gutting people.
Great for the industry, because the Intel-backed Altera could be a real force to reckon with, keeping competition brisk.
Makes good sense to me because FPGA devices are a great technology development driver, and you can fill up a lot of fabs with a variety of FPGA sizes, plus you can charge a premium on the highest performance parts, in all, good alignment with Intel beliefs.
The only question is how will Altera be run? It would be smart to leave the name and management in place, instead of clearing the decks and gutting people.
Great for the industry, because the Intel-backed Altera could be a real force to reckon with, keeping competition brisk.
Majeed Ahmad
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There is a Wall Street Journal story about Intel's possible buy of Altera.
Pawan Fangaria
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I think it will be good for both Intel as well as Altera. 10nm FPGA designs will be realized and that will be a combined force against Xilinx. This can bring a healthy competition in FPGA space. But then Intel will have to let Altera work as independent unit who can bring value from Intel's competition as well.
They should follow the model of Samsung foundry that works independently and brings revenue from Samsung's competitor Apple and others as well.
They should follow the model of Samsung foundry that works independently and brings revenue from Samsung's competitor Apple and others as well.